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Bookmark or Share- Why is Windows 32-bit called Windows x86 and not Windows x32?x86 is the name of the architecture that it's built to run on (the name comes from a series of old Intel processors, the names of which all ended in 86, The first of which was the 8086). Although x86 was originally a 16-bit architecture, the version in use today is the 32-bit extension.
- x86 - What does ORG Assembly Instruction do? - Stack OverflowORG (abbr. for ORiGin) is an assembly directive and is not an instruction. It defines where the machine code (translated assembly program) is to place in memory.
- What is the meaning of the terms 'amd64' 'x64' and 'x86'?AMD was the original architect of x86-64, and called it AMD64. Intel was still hoping to replace x86 with Itanium, only later making their own IA-32e CPUs compatible with AMD64. So it's common for some software projects to have their x86-64 version called "amd64", because that name existed first before Intel also jumped on the bandwagon.
- x86 - What is an effective address? - Stack OverflowWhile reading the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, the operation section for the LEA instruction (load effective address) uses a calculation called EffectiveAddress(SRC)
- cpu architecture - What does x86 mean? - Stack OverflowThe first name for the 64-bit extension to the x86 set was called x86-64. It was later named to AMD64 (because AMD were the ones to come up with the 64-bit extension originally). Intel licensed the 64-bit instruction set and named their version EM64T. Both instruction sets and the processors that use them are all still considered x86.
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